Some Expert Hints on Academic Writing from Bronwyn Labrum, Design Historian

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A Blog About Writing, by Bronwyn Brown

We recently came across another useful blog about academic writing, and organising yourself to get it done.  It is authored by Bronwyn Labrum, a historian of design, clothing and fashion, museums and everyday life, and Associate Professor of Visual and Material Culture, School of Design,  at Massey University in New Zealand.

• http://bronwynlabrum.wordpress.com/

Academics and Researchers as Creative Writers - Motivational Blog

Academic Ladder is a USA-based support network for people engaged in scholarly writing, be it a thesis, article or book.* 

Here is an article about scholars as creative writers.  It was recently posted on the Academic Ladder website, and you can access it for free:- You, a Creative Writer? Four Techniques to Help ANY Academic get Published


*'Whittaker' has tried and liked this network - it's particularly valuable in alleviating the isolation that part-time or lone researchers sometimes experience.

A Pleasure To Read - Help your Thesis Examiner

Pat Thomson writes 'Patter', a blog about research methodology. Today her posting is about writing your thesis in a way that makes it easy for your examiner to follow your thread:- 

 keeping your thesis reader/examiner on track by pat thomson

We've ordered another 'How to Write a Lot'

Oh, they're dead keen, our scholarly community!  So many have reserved my recommendation that we've ordered another copy of Paul Silvia's How to Write a Lot!

 It's conversational.  It's conveniently-sized for reading on the Subway.  It'll give you a boot up the backside if you need a bit of "encouragement" to get you sitting down at the keyboard to write up that project.  What's not to like about it?!  Come and tell me that you've started writing.  All librarians love to hear that their recommendations hit the mark.

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